#DCD096#DCD096

#DCD096 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.077 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD096
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -4.50, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 30.69, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0105 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.077 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5767, 62.5308, 37.8849)
Luminance	0.6253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD096 #96A2DC

analogous

#DCAD96 #DCD096 #C5DC96

triadic

#DCD096 #96DCD0 #D096DC

tetradic

#DCD096 #96DCAD #96A2DC #DC96C5

square

#DCD096 #96DCAD #96A2DC #DC96C5

split-complementary

#DCD096 #96C5DC #AD96DC

monochromatic

#BAA43E #CDBB68 #DCD096 #EBE5C4 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DCD096 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD096

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD096	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.077 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7deb5',
    500: '#dcd096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd096;
$custom-light: #e7deb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85358,
    "c": 0.07657,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD096

secondary

#6370B4

accent

#42BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD096

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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